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Recognised as Colour

#AEB9BC

  • #AEB9BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEB9BC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 185, 188 and HSL 193°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEB9BC#AEB9BC
HEX#AEB9BC
RGBrgb(174, 185, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7255, 0.7373
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(192.9, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK7.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,812
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.47:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#514643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B8BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AABABAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.4Dark grey · ΔE 6.7Light grey · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Gainsboro · ΔE 14Light blue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB1AE
Analogous#AEBCB8, #AEB2BC
Triadic#BCAEB9, #B9BCAE
Split complementary#BCAEB2, #BCB8AE
Tetradic#B8AEBC, #BCB1AE, #B2BCAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E9EA
Lighter +10%#CAD1D3
Darker −10%#92A1A5
Darker −20%#76898E
Darker −30%#5F6E72
Darker −40%#485356
More saturated +25%#9CC4CF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R174
G185
B188
Red174 (68.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B9 · B BC

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